tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post5500428806695623350..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Doctor of PhilosophySabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72819216373441784262008-08-05T16:01:00.000-04:002008-08-05T16:01:00.000-04:00Hi Marty,“Although I was already familiar with the...Hi Marty,<BR/><BR/>“Although I was already familiar with the particular word at issue here.”<BR/><BR/>Wonders of Google. However it seems to me vagabond is better.<BR/>It was recent discussion here of arrogance and JB comment apparently support that stereotype. I don’t agree with him especially when math-ph involved. I think that more adequate notion is Jewish national feature known as “schwizer”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-13484487236075397962008-08-05T14:15:00.000-04:002008-08-05T14:15:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,You asked Phil,1)Did you know in advance m...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>You asked Phil,<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>1)Did you know in advance meaning of “schleps”?<BR/>2)If not and provided you were curious to know, how long it took to find the answer?<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I'm not Phil (sorry Phil!), but I did a quick Google search, "define schleps" (without the quotation marks), and got 1770 hits. I find search engines to be useful in quickly finding Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75116329270201886162008-08-05T11:45:00.000-04:002008-08-05T11:45:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,Thank you for empirical demonstration that...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for empirical demonstration that my ref easily might be translated to English and that it was E.Rutherford/P.Kapitza joke and not an insult. Now as a matter of pure curiosity: <BR/><BR/>1)Did you know in advance meaning of “schleps”?<BR/>2)If not and provided you were curious to know, how long it took to find the answer?<BR/><BR/>Regards, Dany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47957377231826945842008-08-03T22:26:00.000-04:002008-08-03T22:26:00.000-04:00In regards to recent exchanges a letter of Albert ...In regards to recent exchanges a letter of Albert Einstein’s came to mind. It was in response to a blistering criticism leveled in 1947 by four Soviet scientists, representing the Russian Academy of Science to his proposal of the institution of a world government. I won’t of course quote the whole thing here, simply only the opening paragraph. It has always represented to me as to how one Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-65492518382328982852008-08-03T21:00:00.000-04:002008-08-03T21:00:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,“Therefore I answer instead: one time you ...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>“Therefore I answer instead: one time you or Stefan will mention that I insult anybody or delete single word written and I will never put a comment at your blog.”<BR/><BR/>A most interesting ultimatum, one which I would ask as being applicable to the commenters as well?<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>PhilPhil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46149949107869307912008-08-03T13:42:00.000-04:002008-08-03T13:42:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“Regarding the length of that anecdote that...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Regarding the length of that anecdote that's got nothing to do with fairness but with readability.”<BR/><BR/>Bee, we are at the orthogonal spaces. Here and at any other points. Here I meant that presentation of the story will be perceived by you (and Stefan) as insult. Read carefully what is written there. I said your case is similar. That is the reason why I don’t want to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16107252874135030342008-08-03T12:26:00.000-04:002008-08-03T12:26:00.000-04:00Dany,1) Agreement is not the same as a repetition ...Dany,<BR/><BR/>1) Agreement is not the same as a repetition and thus does indeed add information. <BR/>2) I do not perceive disagreement as insult, I perceive insults as insults. Possibly we perceive that differently, I already said this might be a culture clash. I would simply appreciate if you would be less aggressive. You constantly tell people they are stupid and don't know anything about Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-17572984359951940662008-08-03T12:01:00.000-04:002008-08-03T12:01:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“If you want, you can reproduce that anecdo...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“If you want, you can reproduce that anecdote, unless it exceeds several print-pages”.<BR/><BR/>It isn’t fair; you suggest solving logically inconsistent problem. To avoid direct answer, I have in mind very short story originally communicated by P.Kapitza.<BR/><BR/>“You have come pretty close to getting another of your comments deleted. If you would please invest at least a tiny Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81763337380827205212008-08-02T13:18:00.000-04:002008-08-02T13:18:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,Well, if you feel that Stefan insults you ...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>Well, if you feel that Stefan insults you for no reason, then you know now how those feel who you insult for no reason. I'd therefore recommend we all stop insulting each other.<BR/><BR/>If you want, you can reproduce that anecdote, unless it exceeds several print-pages in which case I'd prefer you'd upload it elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>If you are afraid that I disillusion young Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-4172412038556908422008-08-02T13:07:00.000-04:002008-08-02T13:07:00.000-04:00Hi Stefan,“Sorry for being off-topic...”You are pr...Hi Stefan,<BR/><BR/>“Sorry for being off-topic...”<BR/>You are professional in Web. One makes copy-paste to Google. That brings him to the relevant page with English translation. I can’t do better. In addition, it is hard to find the specific anecdote. Under request and with Bee permission (since it is off-topic by definition) I am ready to reproduce it here in English. In addition I have in mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58551421449906610352008-08-02T12:45:00.000-04:002008-08-02T12:45:00.000-04:00Dany,You have come pretty close to getting another...Dany,<BR/><BR/>You have come pretty close to getting another of your comments deleted. If you would please invest at least a tiny bit of your brain before hitting 'publish', I am sure it can't be so hard to say whatever you want to say without insulting other people. <BR/><BR/>Possibly this is a cultural problem, but your comments have in many instances been inappropriately aggressive. The only Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-50014841031933685662008-08-02T12:00:00.000-04:002008-08-02T12:00:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,... I will demonstrate to you that you use...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/><I>... I will demonstrate to you that you use your own subjective (mis)interpretation. Arrogance is not my territory.</I><BR/><BR/>No point to argue with you about that. Arrogance is what your environment perceives.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reference. It's a good case in point. Since this is an english-speaking environment and you can not expect everyone to read Russian, I stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75242069787913777192008-08-02T11:57:00.000-04:002008-08-02T11:57:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,"Physicists joke", drafters of the transla...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/>"Physicists joke", drafters of the translators Yu-KONOBEEV, V. PAVLINCHUK * <BR/>N. RABOTNOV, V. TURCHIN, under the general editorship of doctor Fiz. Sci. Science V. TURCHINA, editor L. GESSEN, Izd MIR Moscow, 1966”<BR/><BR/>What gives me the feeling that “jokes” for many of your place and time served mainly as a mechanism or device to express and convey that word you earlier Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10803844973370378082008-08-02T11:16:00.000-04:002008-08-02T11:16:00.000-04:00Hi Stefan,“Quite an irony, that this question is b...Hi Stefan,<BR/><BR/>“Quite an irony, that this question is being asked just by you”.<BR/><BR/>Bee, sorry for off-topic. Stefan, please show me single concrete example based on Search Backreaction and I will demonstrate to you that you use your own subjective (mis)interpretation. Arrogance is not my territory. In addition, I don’t believe that you consider any PhD outside physics “poor schleps” (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66129856704721663452008-08-02T08:39:00.000-04:002008-08-02T08:39:00.000-04:00Hi Dany,Let me ask you a question: what the word a...Hi Dany,<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Let me ask you a question: what the word arrogance mean?</I><BR/><BR/>Quite an irony, that this question is being asked just by you ;-)<BR/><BR/><I>Rutherford threw out his student from the lab for the similar statement.</I><BR/><BR/>Can you point me to a source for this anectode? I'm always interested in such stories - alas, many of them are well invented...<BR/><BR/>stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-54490689134208544572008-08-02T08:04:00.000-04:002008-08-02T08:04:00.000-04:00Hi Andrew, Jamie, etc.You have no idea what the sc...Hi Andrew, Jamie, etc.<BR/><BR/>You have no idea what the science is, therefore, I will use an alternative language. In Russian Science (and Physics) is a woman and it is law of life: you will get nothing if you are not ready to give everything (for free).<BR/><BR/>Hi JB,<BR/><BR/>“I pity all the poor schleps who get PhDs in other subjects...”<BR/><BR/>Let me ask you a question: what the word Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-52874640160125149972008-08-02T02:28:00.000-04:002008-08-02T02:28:00.000-04:00Regarding Bee's comment on pursuing research for i...Regarding Bee's comment on pursuing research for its own ends, and "curiosity": that's largely baloney, in my opinion. An unfortunate source, but perhaps the unabomber summed it up the best: <BR/><BR/>"Science and technology provide the most important examples of surrogate activities. Some scientists claim that they are motivated by "curiosity," that notion is simply absurd. Most scientists work Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-72391873940822507112008-08-01T18:54:00.000-04:002008-08-01T18:54:00.000-04:00Hi Lubos, Hi Andrew,Yes, the message that is quote...Hi Lubos, Hi Andrew,<BR/><BR/>Yes, the message that is quoted in <A HREF="http://www.bloggernews.net/117011" REL="nofollow">the post Andrew mentioned</A> is exactly the same I have. <BR/><BR/>I am kind of irritated though that <A HREF="http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/15258/" REL="nofollow">the other guy</A> writes <I>"Google has some new automated system that is flagging potential spam blogs Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-63016242083231225442008-08-01T18:09:00.000-04:002008-08-01T18:09:00.000-04:00Bugger off, Lubos. izone.org.uk is my own site. I ...Bugger off, Lubos. izone.org.uk is my own site. I can point my own domain at my own site, last time I checked.<BR/><BR/>Stop trying to cause trouble. Many sites have been brought down by Blogger over the last day or so.Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-19675413983360676642008-08-01T17:56:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:56:00.000-04:00By the way, the domain www.asp-demo.com still exis...By the way, the domain www.asp-demo.com still exists, it is still registered under Andrew Thomas, and it is still a spam blog domain. The main web page of the server still steals izone.org.uk.Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70796456646729103512008-08-01T17:49:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:49:00.000-04:00I should have recorded a video. A few hours ago, w...I should have recorded a video. A few hours ago, when I opened the http://www.asp-demo.com/page2.asp web page, it redirected me to failblog.org (try it). Suddenly the first URL says "not found". Are you sure, Mr Thomas, that you're not making these hurtful changes in real time?Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-81618372155284367102008-08-01T17:29:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:29:00.000-04:00It's some Google mistake, quite a big news story:h...It's some Google mistake, quite a big news story:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.bloggernews.net/117011" REL="nofollow">http://www.bloggernews.net/117011</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/15258/" REL="nofollow">http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/15258/</A><BR/><BR/>Pretty poor of Blogger. Surely these things should be checked manually before being flagged. Some people will Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3257861010246310632008-08-01T17:06:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:06:00.000-04:00Other people's problems:http://groups.google.com/g...Other people's problems:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-troubleshoot/browse_thread/thread/5a9ab990dfaf4703/f8972f0abbb203b8?lnk=raot" REL="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-troubleshoot/</A>Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-77132276813345996832008-08-01T17:04:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:04:00.000-04:00Thanks, Lubos. I removed the mirror days ago. None...Thanks, Lubos. I removed the mirror days ago. None of my sites points to Bee's blog now, haven't done for a good few days. I certainly hope it was nothing to do with me.<BR/><BR/>It does sound like a load of political sites have been flagged all at once.Andrew Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03852211910001840777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-70514695963799963012008-08-01T17:00:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:00:00.000-04:00Alternatively, look at the old Andrew Thomas's mir...Alternatively, look at the old <A HREF="http://www.asp-demo.com/page2.asp" REL="nofollow">Andrew Thomas's mirror</A> (click) of your website where it now redirects.<BR/><BR/>This is kind of the type of activity that spam blogs are doing. They mirror each other at many places and then they redirect some of the copies to the ultimate destination of their target.<BR/><BR/>Does Andrew Thomas have a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com